Filed to story: Rylee the Orphan Luna Novel
I went into the garage and got into my Ferrari since I needed my fastest car to get to Rylee. As I was driving, I thought about everything that just occurred along with everything Dorian and his pack members said to me. Had I really been screwing up that badly as an Alpha? As a mate? Did my pack members really question my ability to lead them? Were Rylee’s powers a burden and I was just too stuck up to admit it? Was I undermining her by forcing her to keep her powers a secret from the pack and everyone else? I slammed on the breaks in the middle of the road and pulled over. I thought about it all-what Dorian said about making the wrong choice not going with Rylee to Golden Moon from day one, Allie saying that I shouldn’t care about what people say about Rylee and her abilities, that if they don’t like it they could just leave. And how banishment of non-law abiding pack members was in fact that easy.
Then everything that had happened in the past came rushing through my mind. My inability to banish Layla and Terrine from the get-go, even though everyone told me I should have. Keeping Terrine on pack grounds only because I felt bad for her pup. Having Svetlana create the clone of Rylee, which only led to more problems in the end.
It hit me, and it hit me hard. I was a selfish and weak Alpha. And my inability to embrace Rylee and her powers made her a weak Luna. She was anything but a weak wolf, but I made her a weak Luna. Then I thought about how Allie shook the hospital waiting room. But wait, her Delta female showed up all of a sudden. If she only shook the hospital, then no one else would have felt it. Did Allie shake the entire castle? Was she that powerful, a human turned werewolf? How could that be possible?
“I made it possible,” I heard a voice. I turned to my passenger seat, and there was a strange woman in my car.
“AH!!” I shouted. “Who the fu-“
“You finish that sentence; I will pull your ears, young man.”
“Wh… Who… Who are you?”
“You may call me, Selene.”
***Wyatt’s P.O.V.***
I was stunned, to say the least; there was a woman in my car. The fact that she appeared out of thin air is what freaked me out the most. She looked as if she wasn’t a day over 40. She wasn’t a vampire-that was a given. She was a wolf, and she screamed power. A lot “Who are you?” I asked her. of it, I might add.
“You may call me Selene,” she replied with a smile.
“That doesn’t answer my question. Who are you? And how the hell did you get inside of my car!?”
“Oh Wyatt, are you really going to act as if you don’t know who I am? You said it yourself that I scream power.” She could hear my thoughts. I guess I shouldn’t be that surprised, considering she materialized into my passenger seat.
“Oh for the love that is all Lunar, I’m the moon goddess, you silly boy!” she revealed. My eyes popped out of my head, and I scooted back in my seat as far as I could, which wasn’t very far since I was inside my Ferrari. “Do not be afraid Wyatt.” “What are you doing here?”
“You asked a question, so I came to answer it. Well, you technically asked several questions.” I furrowed my brows at her. “Wyatt, I came because I can feel how lost you are, how lost you have been. It’s no secret that you’ve changed since the whole ordeal with Layla and Svetlana. Your memories were stolen from you which inadvertently led you to physically harm Rylee. That ultimately influenced her to leave, taking your son with her.” “But Rylee came back.”
“She did, but that’s not all there is to it. There is more.” I just looked at her, waiting for her to continue, but she didn’t.
“Aren’t you going to tell me what it is?”
“No.”
“What?”
“I cannot give all of the answers, Wyatt. I am not here to spoon-feed you. There are things you must figure out on your own. You are the Alpha of your pack. So, start acting like it.”
“I don’t understand. What have I done wrong that makes me a bad Alpha?”
“You’re not a bad Alpha, Wyatt. You’re not as great as you used to be, but you’re not bad. Bad would refer to someone like Ash and his father. You’re a good Alpha still. But you were once great, and you have the capability of being superb; however, there are a few things that need to be corrected before that can happen.”
“Like what?” I asked and all she did was let out an exasperated sigh. “What?”
“Wyatt, you know what has to be done. You know the answers, but you are refusing to acknowledge them! The perfect example of willful ignorance. As you said, your decisions not to hand out rightful punishments made you a weak Alpha, and your refusal to allow Rylee to openly use her gifts have made her a weak Luna-you are correct. And the bond between the two of you, are you aware of what kind you are supposed to have?” I nodded. “Strong, powerful, and unbreakable. Tell me, Wyatt, do you feel that kind of bond with Rylee when you are with her?” Her question caught me off guard. I wanted to answer yes; but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I didn’t have the powerful bond I was supposed to have with her. I turned my head and squinted my eyes while deep in thought.
“What happened to my bond with Rylee?” I asked without looking her in the eyes.
“You need to figure that out on your own.”
“How is that supposed to help me!?” I yelled at her in frustration. I never thought the moon goddess would be so cryptic.
“Giving you the answers doesn’t help you learn anything. I’m here to guide you. To give you clues and the notes you need to figure it out. Providing you the answers accomplishes nothing. If you need someone to give you the answers-or at least steer you in the right direction-you’re going to want to talk to Dorian.” “Dorian!?”
“Yes, and Allie.”
“Wait, are you telling me that you have a relationship with those two!?”
“Yes. I chose Allie, Sin, and Leah to fulfill the Desert Prophecy. And Allie, well, she’s one big hellraiser,” she replied and lifted her brows at me.
“Allie is a spoiled brat who needs to get off her f*****g high horse!”
“Yes, well, I can’t deny that Allie has her moments. She throws tantrums like a child, and she is quite spoiled by Dorian and his family.”
“What makes Allie better than Rylee!? My own pack respects her more than they do their own Luna, and they’ve known her a day!”
“Do you want my honest answer?” I nodded my head as if it should have been obvious. “Allie doesn’t give a rat’s a*s who thinks what of her, and neither does Dorian. Does it bother him when people say bad things about Allie and her attitude, of course, it does. He’s her husband, but he lets it go because she does.”
“What? Are you saying that Allie being a b***h to people is why she’s better than Rylee?”
“No, that’s not what I’m saying. What is the matter with you!?”
“Then what are you saying, Selene? Help me understand! Please!?”
“It’s her confidence, you nitwit!”
“Her confidence?”
“Yes, her self-confidence. And Dorian’s confidence in her.” I just stared at her. “Wyatt, you have no confidence in Rylee. You don’t trust her.” “That’s not true!”
“Isn’t it? Rylee has only been Luna for a year. I’m not even going to count the year prior because she was absent for the first half and in the body of another for the second half. During the one year she has been Luna, what has she done for the pack? Other than using her power of telepathy and telekinesis to eavesdrop on others and throw trees because of your awful date plans.” I slumped when she brought that up. “So?” I looked back at her. “What has Rylee done for the pack that goes above and beyond her normal day- to-day duties as a Luna? What have you done lately?” I exhaled deeply and hung my head. Selene had a point. Rylee and I haven’t done anything for the pack as a whole in the last year. Though I blamed it on the whole probation fiasco with the Elders, the real reason was that I didn’t care to, even though Rylee did. There were several events that Rylee wanted to host for the pack as a whole, but I turned every single one of them down. I guess I really was excluding Rylee from pack politics when all she had been doing was trying to be a better Luna.
